Collar.



J. K; P. PINE.

C OLLARL APPLICATION FI LED JAN-M19]?- Patented Jan; 15, 1918.

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l. K. P. PINE.

- COLLAR.

APPFICATION FILED JAN-6. I917- Patnted Jan. 15, 1 918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES K. P. PINE, or LANsmeBmte, NEW YORK, assrenon' 'ro UNITED SHIRTAND coLLAB COMPANY, 01 TROY, NEW YORK,

A coaroaa'noiv or NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in collars, and moreparticul r collars of that type generally known as soft turned over orsoft turned-down collars, which usually include a soft flexibleneckba'nd member, and a turned-over ortion" or member, which isalso softor exible, and the upper edge portion of which is united to the up eredge portion of the neck-band along a old line.

My invention particularly contemplates improved andsimplified meansforstiifenmg or supporting the soft and easily crushab e member of acollar of the style mentioned, so that itzwill be held extended as toits width when in position upon the neck of the wearer. I have shown anddescribed the invention broadly as applied both to the neck-band member,in which case the invention serves to hold the same extendedsubstantially at its intendedheight or width about'the neck'of thewearenand will be prevented from collapsing or .becomin crumpled whilein use, and also to the so turned-over portion or member, so that it,and more particularly the front portions or wings thereof, will be heldsmoothly in position and be prevented from curling or crumpling. Theinvention consists in the improvements to be more fully describedhereinafter, and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed outand distinctly claimed.

- I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanyingdrawings, to be taken as'a part of this specification, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation or perspective of one embodimentof my 1nvention, in which the latter is ap lied to the soft neck-bandmember of a co lair Fig. 2 is a detailed view of one end of the collarshown in Fig. 1, the turned-overportion beingraised to show the outsideSpecification of Letters Patent.

, which plies are united at the up er,

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

Application filed January 6, 1817. Serial No. 140,880.

of the neck-band member, andthe support- 111%91' stiffening meansapplied thereto; F 1g. 3 is a section on the line 33 of 1g. 1' Fig. 4 isa detailed view of one end of the collar, the turned-over portionbeingraised to show the invention when'applie to the underside of saidturned-over portion' Fi 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4, but showing amodification.

F Fig. 6 is a section on theline 6-6 of 1g. 4. I Fig. 7 is a viewshowing the turned-over portion raised and the invention applied to boththe said portion and the neck-band.

Before proceeding with the detailed description of the preferredembodimentof my invention, I desire to state that the-invention is notlimited to the particular} style of collar shown in drawings, but isapplicable to all styles of collars of the general type shown, flexibleor soft neck-band, and a flexible or soft turned-over portion, or both,irrespective of the general contour of the neckband and the turned overrelative dimensions thereof;

Referring to the drawings by characters of'reference, 1designatesgenerally a c61- lar of a well-known style or type inconembodying' either a portion, or the nection with which my inventionis illustrated for purposes of exemplification. This collar includes aflexible or soft neck-band 2, which may be. composed of inner and outerplies of fabric 3,4, and a filling 1y 5, lbwer and end edges of theneck-band y a marginal line of stitches 6. 'The ends of the neck-bandmay be provided withthe usual buttonholes 7,. 8, by means of which theneck-band ofthe collar is secured in place on the neck-band of a shirt,and the overlying end of the neck-band mayalsov be provided with abuttonhole 9 to engage with a button 10 secured to the opposite end ofthe neck-band on the outer or concealed face of the latter.

Connected to the u per edge portion of the neck-band is a softturned-over ortion 11, the upper edge portion'12 of w ich is insertedbetween the upper edges of the latter the stitch line' "6 .heretofor.e

the escribed, in' a well" known manner. The turned-over portion 11 foldsover or turns plies of the neck-band and secured to down-along a foldline approximating thestitch line by 'which'it -is.. secured to theneck-band, and when in position to be worn lies upon or adjacent to theouter face of the neck-band. The turned-over portion may consist '.ofthe. usual inner and outer plies, as shown in Fig. 3, united by 2.marginal line of stitches 13, and the stitches 6," in awell-knownrnanner.

The collar which I have just described is ofa well-known construction,to Which I do not-desire to be limited, and. has been illustrated solelyin order that my improvement, .which will now be described, will be madeclear to those skilled in the art.

Referring particularly to Figs. '1, 2 and 3,

I will now describe one embodiment of the invention, wherein theimproved construction of collar and stiffening means is provided whereinsaid stiffening means is applied to the soft neck-band member of thecollar in order to support the same and prevent collapsing, crumpling orcrushing thereof: In this embodiment I provide the outer plyA of theneck-band at each end portion thereof, that is that ply which isconcealed. when thecollar is. being worn, with .a pair ofoppositelydisposed openings or slits which maybe, and preferably are, inthe form of louttonholesl l, extending lengthwise of the neck-band.Thebuttonholes 14 of each pair are preferably arranged parallel to eachother, and spaced respectively from the upper and lower edges of'theneck-band, and from eaeh other. Al-

though the exact location and number of these pairs of buttonholesmaybe'varied, I

"R T i o arrange a pair adjacent each end the, neck-band, so that whenthe collar is in place on the neck of the wearer said pairs ofbuttonholes will be at the prefer to frontportion of the collar. Thebuttonholes of each pair are arranged, respectively, a

distance from the upper and loweredges of the collar to providesuflicient holding portion of the fabric of the ply between thebuttonholes and said upper and lower edges of the neck-band, as at 15,.for a purpose to.

be presently described". "The bnttonholes may be rovided withsu'itablebinding to prevent raying of theyfabric, for instance I may employ thewell-knownbuttonhole stitch, indicated at 16.' will belnoted fromanexamination of Fig. 3, the buttonhole 14 is out only through the outerply, so as to leave the inner ply 3 and the filling strip 5 intact.

Each pair of opposed openings'heretofore described is designed andarranged to receive the opposite ends of a stiffening member 17 which isadapted to lie upon the concealed face or outer ply of the neck-band,and of such lengththat when in said position, its ends Wlll projectthrough the said buttonholes 14 into the space between the plies .oftheneok-band and under the portions 1-5 of the outer ply, and thereby beheld against accidental displacement. The

stiffening member is not only of such length that its ends will beproperly seated through said buttonholes, but is preferably .such

that ,its extreme ends will engage the marginal seam 6 ofthe neck-bandwhereby the stiffening member acts tosupport and maintain the -neckband. in extended position throughout the entire width thereof. Thestiffening member may be of any suitable material, such as buckram,featherbone or celluloid, and preferably of such flexibility that itsends may be readily inserted through and removed from the saidbuttonholes 14.

It is apparent that, the invention may be applied, withoutdeviatingtherefrom, to the soft turned-overportion of a collar, and Ihave so illustrated the same in Figs. .4, 5' and 6, in which the softneck-band member and the soft turned-over portion may be con structed asdescribed with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive which descriptionneed not be repeated. In this form of the invention,

theunder or'concealed ply of each end of theturned-ovenportion isprovided with a lpair of slits 14, preferablyin the'forni of uttonholesarranged parallelt'o each other,

and closely adjacent the upper and lo'wer edges "of said .turned=overportion. In this form, as is the case with the form shown in 1 Figs. 1to 3 inclusive, the'buttonholes are spaced from each other, and from theupper and lower edges of the turned over port-ion,

extend in a general direction lengthwise of said portion, and areadapted to receive the opposite ends of a stiffening member 17 in thesame manner as I heretofore described. In Figs. 4 and 5 the buttonholesare, as shown, slightly. oblique to the upper and lower edges of the.turned ov'er' portion, so that when the stiffening member 17? is-inplaceit will extend longitudinally ina direction: substantiallv parallelto the front edge 18 of the turned over portion. The;'dimensions of thestiffening member with reference 1 to. the turned-oven portion and thebutto'nholes formed therein are determined in -the same manner as'thestiffening member when employed on the neck-band. The ends of the-member17 are preferably beveled ofiasat 17", so as to present a straight edgeto the seams 6 and 13.

' Instead of having the ends of the stifieni 'ing member'of 's'u'chlength as to engage the seams of the collar member to which it isapplied, I may employ a construction'such as isshown in Fig. 5, inwhichthe stifi'ening member is made somewhat" shorter than the width of thecollar member, and its movement toward the edge of the collar member,for example the lower edge of the turned-over member 11 is limited bymeans i of a line of stitches 13 between. the button- In Fig. 7 I haveshown a construction in which the invention is applied to both theneck-band member and the turned-over member of a soft collar. In. thisembodiment the construction and arrangement may be the same as describedabove, but I prefer to so arrange the buttonhole 14. and 14, that whenthe stiffening members 17 are in place and theturnedpver portion isturned down tially upstanding neck-band member, and a turned'over memouter face of openings and onto the neckband, the said stiffeningmembers will not face each other but will be arranged side b side, aswill be clear from the drawings. I have shown and described only one endof a collar constructed according to this embodiment of the invention,but it will be understood that in practice both ends are so provided.

What I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited Statesis 1. As a .new article of manufacture, a turned-over collar comprisinga substan-' turned-over member united along a fold line at the upperportions thereof one oft-said members being soft and, consisting ofinner 1 and outer continuous plies, the-' iiiner ply of said soft memberhaving opposed openings spaced from the-upper and lower edges thereof,and a stiffening member lying with its length transversely of the collaron the outer ace of said inner ply andhaving its opposite end portionsinserted through said located beneath the inner face of said ply.

2. As a new article of 'nianufacture, a

ad3acent portion of the marginal stitch line.

turned-over collar comprising a substantially upstandin neck-bandmember, and a runited along a fold line at the upper portions thereof,one of said members being soft and consisting of inner and outercontinuous plies,-the inner ply of said soft memberhaving opposed slitsex,-- tending lengthwise of said member" and s aced from the upper andlower edges t ereof, and substantially parallel to. each other, and astiffening member lying on the said inner ply and having its opposite.end portions inserted through said openings and located beneath'theinner face 60 YO said ply.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a

'turnedover collar comprising a substantially-upstanding neck bandmember, and a turned-over member united along a fold line at the upperportions thereof, one of said members being soft and consisting of innerand outer conti uous plies, the inner ply of said soft mem er having 0posed slits extending lengthwise of. said member and spaced fromfthe'.up er and lower edges thereof, and substantially parallel "to eac other,said slits being bound with stitchi and astiflening member lying on theouter face of said inner ply and having its opposite end portionsinserted, through said openings and located beneath the inner face ofsaid ply.

4. As a new article of manufacture, 4i turned-over collar comprising asubstantially upstanding neck-band member, and a turned-over'memberunited along a fold line at the upper portions thereof, one of saidmembers being soft and consisting of inner and outer continuous plies,the inner ply of line at the up "or portions thereof, one of saidmembers eing soft and consisting of innerand outer continuous plies, theinner ply of the soft member having 0 posed openings spaced from theupper an lower edges thereof, a stift'e'ning member lying on the outerface of said inner ly and having its opposite end portions insertedthrough said openings and located beneath the inner face 0 said ply, amarginal stitch line uniting the. plies of said soft member, and astitch line also uniting said plies and adjacent the ends of saidmember, said stitch line being located between one ofsaid openings andthe and a soft turned-over member united along a fold'liiie at the upperportions thereo said memberseach comprising a pluralityof continuousplies, the concealed ply of each member being provided with a pair ofopenings spaced from the upper and lower edges of the respectivemembers, and astiffening; member lying on the outer face 01 theconcealed ply of each of said collar members and having its endsinserted through said buttonholes and located beneath theinner face ofthe concealed ply.

7. As a new article of manufacture,- a turned-over collar comprising asubstantially upstanding soft neck-band member, and a soft turned-overmember united along a fold line at the upper portions thereof, saidmembers each comprislng a plurality of continuous plies, the concealedply of each member being provided with a pair of butt-onholes spacedfrom the upper and lower edges of the respective members, and astiffening member lying on the outer face of the concealed ply of eachof said collar members and having its. ends inserted through saidbuttonholes and located beneath the inner face of the concealed ply,

said pairs of buttonholes 'being 50 located that the stifiening memberslie 'side-byside when the collar is being Worn.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto 15 signed my name in the presenceof tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES K. P. PINE.

Witnesses:

HARRY P. Row, B. H. DAvnr.

